spiny

Speech parts

1. spiny - Noun

2. spiny - Adjective

3. spiny - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.

Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.

See Spinny.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

thorny prickly burry barbed bristly bristled setaceous briery setose barbellate briary burred spinous difficult pointed
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Antonyms

old-fashioned dowdy gaudy tawdry smooth dreadful
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Phrases with the word

spiny cocklebur Neotropical spiny rat Japanese spiny lobster spiny-finned fish spiny lizard spiny talinum

Derivatives

spinier spiniest

Anagrams

nipsy NYSPI snipy

Examples

a horse with a short bristly mane Source: Internet

bristly shrubs Source: Internet

burred fruits Source: Internet

setaceous whiskers Source: Internet

the dorsal fin is spinous Source: Internet

A better etymology perhaps is from Latin sudis, plural sudes, "spines", which can be used of spiny fish or spiny terrain. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

spinward spinwave spinworthy spiny amaranth spiny anteater spiny balloonfish